Pan American Flying Boat Plunges Near Samoa
Pan American World Airways big flying boat Clipper with seven crew aboard crashes into the Pacific near Samoa on a testing Pacific route from Pago Pago to Auckland. Captain Edwin C. Musick dies with six crew members as fuel explosion follows an oil leak during preparations to land. Officials deem the crew blameless.
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Musick
Flying Boat
Pago Pago
Samoa
Pan-American Airways
Pacific Ocean
Makig
Pacific
Pago Pago Harbor
American Samoa
Auckland
New Zealand
Edwin C. Musick
Pan-American
Cecil G. Sellers
Paul §. Brunk
F. J. MacLean
J. W. Stickrod
J. A. Brooks
J. T. Findlay
Northwest Zephyr crash kills eight passengers and two pilots
A Northwest Airlines Lockheed Zephyr on the Seattle to Chicago route struck a snowbound Rocky Mountain peak near Bozeman Montana. All aboard eight passengers and two pilots were killed and burned. The company grounded all Zephyrs pending investigation as officials seek cause.
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Northwest Airlines
Seattle
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Bozeman
Mont
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes WDA as Unconstitutional
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the Wisconsin Development Authority Act invalid as an illegal delegation of state power to a private corporation. Court attaches say the decision also ends the Wisconsin Agricultural Authority Act.
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Sconsin
Supreme Court
la Follette
WDA
Wisconsin Agricultural Authority Act
Roosevelt Budget Message Highlights Deficit Forecast
The budget outlines a deficit of 1.088 billion for the current year ending June 30 and 949.606 million for 1939. Revenues are projected at 5.9194 billion, expenditures at 6.896 billion, with defense needs near 991.3 million and possible later requests for more naval ships. Relief spending runs around 1.138 billion.
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Roosevelt
Congress
National Defense
G O P Programs Outlined By Knox and Snell
minority leader in the house H Snell outlines a plan to restore investor confidence and revive business by cutting wasteful spending balancing the budget and ending Roosevelt social experiments Col Frank Knox Republican VP hopeful urges a tariff reduction to meet changing conditions and protect wage standards while opposing monopoly.
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Snell
House
Col
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Colonel Knox
Cleveland
Republican Party
Nol
Roosevelt blocks war referendum resolution in House
Representative Louis Ludlow's war referendum resolution remains in committee after a 209 to 188 House vote. Administration forces win as President Roosevelt intervenes, warning that adoption would hinder a chief executive in foreign policy and embolden other nations to violate American rights.
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Louis Ludlow
House
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Congress
Roosevelt Promises Cheerful Fight Against Big Business
In Washington and New York, Jackson Day events drew about 250000 dollars to the Democratic Party national committee. President Roosevelt urged the nation that the crackdown on monopolies will help business, framing it as a cheerful fight against a few leaders. Robert H. Jackson signaled a gubernatorial bid, saying he would run if the party wants him.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
John Nance Garner
Washington
New York
Jim Farley
Robert H. Jackson
Empire State
Civil War within labor groups heats up in public clash
C SOH N Lewis head of the C S O and David Dubinsky leader of the ILGWU attack each other in public over peace talks with the CIO and AFL. Dubinsky accuses Lewis of causing the collapse while denouncing Communist infiltration. Lewis fires back with sharp remarks as Dubinsky proclaims the labor movement seeks peace for the masses.
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Ohn L. Lewis
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Lewis
A. F. of L
America
Europe and Asia Tensions Rise Over Franco Madrid Pact
Austria and Hungary move to recognize Franco’s regime after talks with Ciano signaling Rome axis sympathies. Britain under Chamberlain vows to counter Japanese expansion in Shanghai with U S and French coordination. France plans bigger battleships to outpace Mussolini and bolster its naval budget.
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HIEF
Austria
Hungary
Ciano
Francisco Franco
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Germany
Japan
Indiana Supreme Court upholds residency rule on marriage licenses
The Indiana Supreme Court sustains a 86 year old statute barring county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to nonresidents. Officials in several states praise the decision as upholding higher marital standards tied to hygienic licensing practices. The ruling follows a broader trend toward stricter residency requirements for marriage licenses.
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Ndiana
State Supreme Court
Senator Burton Wheeler Attacks I C C Over RFC Loans
Montana Senator Burton K Wheeler chair of the senate railroad finance investigating committee accuses the Interstate Commerce Commission of using trick rabbits to solve carrier problems. He criticizes RFC loans of 6 million to the Erie railroad and 8 million to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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Enator
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate Railroad Finance Investigating Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeler
RFC
Erie Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Parachute Hero Baltric Survives Flying Standstill Rescue
Brooklyn student Joseph Baltric faced a fatal jump when his parachute tangled on Chanute Field in 1931. A second parachute failed to deploy, but fellow pilots lowered a butcher knife to cut free the shrouds. Baltric descended, pulled his emergency chute, and landed safely, ending a near deadly maiden flight.
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Ello
Joseph Baltric
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gelly
Joe Baltric
Air Corps School of Parachute Rigging
Air Corps
Joe
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Mother Earth
Indians Use China Brier For Coontie Dish
The China brier grows in Florida and was used by the Seminole Indians to prepare a dish called coontie or contee. They chopped the starchy roots, pounded them, mixed with water, strained, dried the sediment into a red meal, then mixed it with honey and warm water to form a jelly eaten with corn bread or cakes.
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Florida
William Penn Purchases Delaware Lands in 1682
Penn and a Native party began at Neshaming Creek and claimed a tract southward into present Bucks and Northampton counties. A deed was issued at the endpoint after a day and a half of travel. After his death the tract was expanded in 1737 by expert wallers to 70 miles inland.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn
Bucks
Northampton
Penn
Neshaming Creek
Wallers
Monks Enclose Themselves in Tibetan Lamasery Huts
Monks at a lamasery near Gyantse Tibet seal themselves in mud huts without doors or windows for up to a lifetime to seek a first class reincarnation. They wear a glove on the hand used to receive food through a curtained aperture to avoid sight by others.
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Gyantse
Tibet
Collier’s Weekly
Grand Teton National Park and Its Rugged Beauty
The Grand Teton National Park spans about 150 square miles south of Yellowstone near the Wyoming border. The Tetons’ rugged scenery is praised as unmatched, with Grand Teton rising 13 766 feet and towering 7 000 feet above the surrounding country. the park was established in 1929.
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Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone
Wyoming
Teton Mountains
Tetons
Grand Teton
Picture on Pillow Top Thoroughbreds Embroidery Pattern 5956
Pattern 5956 offers a transfer motif 11 by 13% inches with a color chart and stitch illustrations for single and outline wool or floss embroidery. Include material needs and a key. send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept New York. Include name and address.
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Household Arts Dept
W. Foneenth Street
New York
Anxiety and Faith Shape Resolved Living
The quote argues anxiety sharpens judgment and courage and urges living day by day. It critiques prayer for daily bread when it neglects current duties, claiming reliance on the future causes trouble and erodes honesty and work enjoyment.
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F. D. Maurice
Aid in Bagle Kind Words and Handshakes in Trouble
A quotation from John Hall praises kindness as secondary grace when men face unseen battles. It highlights acts of care, words of comfort, and warm handshakes as supportive in times of hardship.
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John Hall
Advertising benefits merchants and consumers
Advertising helps merchants gain the largest stock and best store, employ efficient sales staff, and lower prices by spreading overhead over higher sales, offering quality merchandise at the lowest prices for consumers.
Dr. Pierce Pleasant Pellets Promote Laxative Candy
Sugar coated laxative pills marketed by Dr. Pierce claim effectiveness and child appeal. The ad urges immediate purchase with a brief, promotional tone.
Slain Foes The Sweetest Honey Comes From Foes We Slay
A quotation by Tracy de Land praising victory over enemies. The line emphasizes triumph through decisive action and the taste of success after overcoming adversaries. The message conveys a harsh theme of aggression and conquest.
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Tracy de Land
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